East Sussex drug and alcohol recovery service (STAR)

Star saved my life on June 1st 2020.. I relapsed two months later and they will save it again for the final time thats needed. Just want to say thank you so much

If you want somewhere to control your life this is the place. They tell your doctor what to prescribe, whether it's the right medication or not. Even when you get your life back on track, they still interfere. I suffer from various ailments. One in particular is muscle spasms. I was prescribed diazapam. Which worked and helped greatly. Then the recovery service wrote to my GP and told him to not prescribe any diazapam, period. I didn't abuse them, I didn't do anything that would constitute as that being a problem. Since I was 17, I was on a medication called rivotrol, for my epilepsy. As there the same family as diazapam. Again my GP was told don't prescribe them. Regardless of whether it's the appropriate medication. Now I am the proverbial guinea pig. In the last 5 years I have been on probably 15 or more medications. Leaving me in pain, worrying about the side effects of the medicines I am now on. Believe me when I say, my quality of life is not good. I am in pain, I don't sleep well, I am anxious. And most of all I am angry. If you have a drug or alcohol problem and you go to STAR for support. Be prepared to be treated as a stereo typical addict and have other parts of your life thrown into chaos.

I took my friend they seemed nice and helpfull

I was lost and they saved my life and I mean that, I got sober once ,but relapsed after 10 month and in lockdown. Star then help me again and after along time I have been sober 2.5 years, had a baby and survived breast cancer, without there help the cancer would have spread as I would have drunk, might not even had known. Thank you to all the team

This is not the place for immediate support just like any other.

i Rang up So many times begging for help most my calls ignored i even left a message but it wasn't read, when i did finally get through the person on the phone said that i was lying and that wouldn't happen?I was injecting Cocaine daily for 6 months had about 10 overdoses and was offered no help. This service is Disgusting and incompetent and needs to be shut down

Really helpful friendly and professional staff

by the book. powerpoints don't help people. being human to another human being does. but powerpoints justify a job. daft

You guys let me down big time, I came to you 20 minute late and I'm told to go cause I'm late, bear in mind we met 2 accidents on the way there please check incidents in winchelsea and rye. So now an alcoholic has to try and come up again god forbid I'm late